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Yemen slams aggressive media campaign after Paris attack(Yemen Post Staff) -
2015-01-15Yemen's transition president Abdu Rabbu Mansour criticized aggressive media campaign against Yemen after the Paris attack, state media reported on Thursday. "We hope Yemen will not face aggressive acts on allegations it exports terrorism to other countries," he was quoted as saying. "At a time when Yemen is calling on the international community to help it address crises and make the power transition a success, it suddenly starts to suffer from a politically motivated campaign," he said

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Committee on Marib, Jawf starts mission (Yemen Post Staff) -
2015-01-14The Committee on Marib and Jawf arrived Tuesday night in Marib governorate in a bid to deescalate violence and clashes between local tribes and Houthi militants. The committee was formed by transition president Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi days ago amid threats by the Houthi Militant Group to seize Marib by force

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Ansaru Al-Sharia claims attack on residence of Iran Yemen envoy (Yemen Post Staff) -
2014-12-04The Ansaru Al-Sharia claimed its responsibility for the car bomb that targeted the residence of the Iranian ambassador in Yemen on Wednesday.
The group said in a statement several people including Iranians were killed and others injured in the explosion which it described as "very big".
"Despite tight security measures by the security forces and the Houthi popular committees, our members parked and exploded the explosives-laden car at the target without interception,"

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Tribes form popular committee amid persistent Houthi attempts to seize oil-rich Marib(Yemen Post Staff) -
2014-12-03Tribes in Yemen's Marib governorate are continuing their mobilization to face any attempts by the Houthi Militant Group to seize their city.
On Tuesday, the tribes met and discussed all arrangements for protecting the oil-rich Marib.
Local sources said the tribes have formed popular committees and ordered them to defend oil and gas projects

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Four soldiers killed, three injured in Yemen attacks (Yemen Post Staff) -
2014-12-02At least four soldiers were killed and three others injured in explosions against two military patrols in Yemen's southern governorate of Abyan.
Local security sources said a roadside bomb was detonated when on of the patrols passed in the Mahfad district killing the four soldiers and injuring two others

Interior Minister Abdo Hussein Al-Tarib on Sunday urged all policemen to cooperate with the Zaidi Ansar Allah militants who have been fighting the armed forces and have seized key public offices in the capital during the past five days.
The ministry reported on its website that Al-Tarib to avoid conflicts with the militants in order to work together to boost security and peace and protect the public facilities in the capital [source: Yemen Post Newspaper]

Zaidi militants step up rocket attacks on facilities, battles with army in Yemen capital ...
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2014-09-21 -
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Shiite Houthi militants escalated their attacks on Yemen's TV and headquarters of other public offices as they continued to advance further in downtown the capital city of Sanaa on Saturday.
The TV has been under rocket attack for a few days and today pictures showed parts of it burning. The staff has been stuck at it and some employees told media that there were tens of injuries among the guards of the TV's headquarters [source: Yemen Post Newspaper]

UN Adviser: Deal on Yemen crisis to be signed Sunday, curfew in capital ...
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2014-09-21 -
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he Yemeni government and the Zaidi Houthi Militant Group will sign a ceasfire deal on Sunday, the UN Special Adviser on Yemen Jamal Benomar said, after fierce battles between the armed forces and militants on Saturday.
"After intensive deliberations with all political factions including the Ansar Allah, an agreement was reached to put an end to the current crisis based on the outcomes of the comprehensive national dialog conference," he said at [source: Yemen Post Newspaper]

Houthi militants target Yemen TV with rockets ...
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2014-09-19 -
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Houthi militants attacked Yemen's state TV with rockets and clashed with guards of the TV's building in north of the capital city of Sanaa, media reports said.
The reports quoted an official at the TV as saying that the guards of the TV have already repelled the Houthi attack.
The attack came within the Houthi escalation and expanded battles in downtown the capital and on its outskirts [source: Yemen Post Newspaper]

Hadi: Houthi attempts to explode situation in capital will leave 'catastrophic impacts' ...
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2014-09-19 -
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Yemen's Transition President Abdo Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Thursday met with military and security commanders and discussed the latest developments in the capital city of Sanaa, the official agency Saba reported.
"Attempts by Houthi militants to explode the situation in the capital and around it will leave catastrophic impacts on the country's stability and security and will undermine the current efforts and dialogs to reach a reconciliation deal in order to put an end to the [source: Yemen Post Newspaper]

The UN Special Adviser on Yemen Jamal Benomar said on Thursday that his talks with the Houthi Group in Saada governorate over were productive, state media reported.
He said the talks with the group were held on Wednesday as part of his negotiations with all Yemeni factions which are aimed at reaching a peaceful solution to the current standoff [source: Yemen Post Newspaper]

Unknown gunmen shot dead a Yemeni intelligence officer in Taiz governorate on Thursday, the latest in a spate of targeted killings of military and security officers, mostly intelligence officers, that has been continuing since 2011.
The two gunmen, one in a military uniform, fired on the officer Mustafa Al-Qadasi while he was at the republican hospital in downtown Taiz, a local official said [source: Yemen Post Newspaper]

Yemen started on Thursday improved price talks with GDF Suez in Paris as the country is pushing LNG buyers to raise the price under their long-term contracts, state media reported.
Oil and Minerals Minister, Hussein Al-Kaf, met with Jean-Marie Dauger, Executive Vice-President, in charge of the Global Gaz & LNG at Suez, and discussed improving the LNG price for 2015 sold to the French buyer [source: Yemen Post Newspaper]

A top official at the Supreme National Anti-Corruption Commission (SNACC) on Wednesday called for a reconsideration into all agreements on oil, gas, fisheries and communications investments signed in Yemen in the past three decades.
Abdullah Mubarak Al-Ghaithi, head of the commission's supervision and inspection department, said all agreements the authorities have signed with foreign investors were not fair to the country and its people [source: Yemen Post Newspaper]